Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-18

this month while asleep on his gallery,
(the account of which was sent to The
GAZETTE last Tuesday died yesterday at
1880 o'clock q. III. This is one of the
most brutal, unpIovoked and plemedi-
tated murders that has ever been COM
mitted since the organization OF this
county. Tne parties that are accused Of
this horrible murder are now in the Jail
Of this couatv, snd viii have an eXsmin-
ing tria. Saturday before Justice Hatcher.
The following Is the evidence taken be-
fore the inquest: a. V. Scott being
sworn says: On Monday, July II, 1857,
the negro BOY Charley, VINO lived with
Mr. W0mack, come TO me and told me
that some one had Shot Mr. Womack
while he, Nj. Womack, was asleep on his
gallery. went to where Mr. WomaCk
was lying H. told me to 20 and get
doctor ] got Mr.. Garland to 60 after
the doctor, and came back to where Hr
Womsck vas BY this time other par
ties had come IN. I then went down 10
Perry DulJa-'s house and asked for
Perry. T1eTe WSs no enc there but his
son Viii and some smaller children.
asked VIII If PoTry's gun was at home,
and he said that il was. | told him 70
bring il ont tbs. | might see it.
asked him how long since the
gun nai been shot He said be did not
think j, had been Shot OF in two or three
weeks. l then put the rsmrod down in
the barre! anu found wet powder show
ing that { had been freshly shot | told
him that The gun had lust been shot eff,
and / would take charge OF him Mir.
Reynolds had found the wad that came
out Of the gun in q few feet of Mr.. Wo
a OK S gallery while l was gone to Perry
DuuD4r's house. When l got back ne
showed me the WRd. | then went baCG
after PerFy'5 shot pouch. ! found in the
pouch al almanac with the outside leaf
torn of. II Was the leaf that had the
zodiac signs on it. gave the pouch TO
Mr.. Reynolds. / found some shot il the
pouch that compared with the ones taken
from tn wounds Of Mr.. Womack then
tried 10 fad the track OF the one that aid !
the sl0o ing. TIE grouud heirg so very
hard and dry near the house ! could not /
find any s'gn until | got TO 8 little gate |
about 800 yards from Mr.. WOmGck's |
house leading into his farm in the direc- |
tlOn OF Perry DUnbsr's house. | there |!
found track going in the /
direction Of Mr. Womack's house, !
but after il got on the hecd |
ground / could trace II no further. | /
then went back to the gate ana found |
another track Of the same size and looked |
TO be made Dg The same person going in !
the opposite direction from The one going
towards Mr. Nomsck's house. l then .
followed this track through the plOWed /
ground 60 Perry Dunber's house Who
ever made This track ran all "a. way from .
the little gate where I first found Ii until /
1t get within shout thirty yards Of Perry
DuuhaL's house. ! 2m familiar with WAL
Duu5aT,9 track and believe this to be his .
track. Mr. Womac6 gave him 8 whipping |
on Friday before this ScoOting occurred. !
II. L. Reynolds being sworn, said: |
Little Reynolds Scott came 10 my house |
and told me that Mr.. Green Womsck was !
shot by come one while asleep upon his !
gallery floor On p pallet. went over 20
his house sEd found him lying on pallet /
in the gallery, shot in the left arm and !
shoulder and also in the side of his head.
bsthed his head with camphor and /.
stayed there with him until Mr.. Scott
came from Perry Dunbar's house with
the gun. | told Mr. Scott that ] had .
found some wadding and tor him
10 go back TO Perry DuHbars and get
MS shot pouch. When Scott brought
the pouch back l looked in it 20 see WHIST
kind Of wsdding there was in it, and I /
found one half of an almanac Leaf, the .
zodiac signs on it. The piece taat | /
found IN the pouch was the upper part
of the signs, and the wadding that |
found near Mr.. WOmsCk's head was the
lower part OF this almanac leaf, for l /
put them together and they fit snd com
pared exactly. Even the fishes, that were
torn in two, compared exactly.
5. X. Scott beng sworn said ! heard |
win Dunbar say the week before Mr..
Womack was shot that If any body was
TO strike him that be would shoot him.
DR.. VIM. Haynie being sworn said
am practiCing physician and was sent
for and arrived at Mr.. Green Womack's
house at , O'Clock y. m, on the llth day !
OF July, 1887. found Mr.. WomGck ~ (
ing on mis- gallery shot. l asked him
If he had any idea who shot him Yes,
Will Dunbar, was the reply. / then eX-
amined the wounds and found that he
was SHOT in tue left arm, shoulder
and side Of tue head From the character
of the wounds he was shot with mixed F.
shot, large AID small mes I got few
smal shot cut, they compared with the
shot IN Perry Dunbal'S pouch. There
was one large shot entered the cavity
Of the chest between the third and fourth
ribs, ranging inward in the direction of
the hesrt, and another large one entering
between the NTH and sixth ribs ranging
in the same direction. lie died a. 1l:2Q
O'Clock g. m, July IA, 1887, from the
effects Of the gun shots entering the
chest.
The boy, Will Dunbar, has admitted
ID the sheriff, after he was fullv:warned |
that ne did the shooting, and that ne ws.
so instructed by his father Perry Donbar
This Isl all the evidence - f,r ags1ost
the father. Excitement Is 1uumng di.l
and mynchlng" can be heara On every
corner of the streets. Tne toy is onll
1G years old and Color5d
Jim McGruder negro hoy was h0uud
over before Justice PuIlin's court IN the
Woodland precinct yesterday, Tor raping
2 cOiored girl Is years Of age.
''she" and Her Baby.